only listing non-english films here, because why not
shin godzilla - what if the government tried to stop godzilla but was very bad at it. very bureaucratic, but a good time nonetheless
city of god - one of the best crime movies ever. manages to avoid glorifying the violence while still being super stylish. somewhat tarantino-esque, but not really.
pan's labyrinth - antifa masterpiece. sort of a fairy tale about the francoist spain that has some really cool monsters in it.
bicycle thieves - a classic from post-war italy. the bike a man's livelihood depends on gets it stolen and tries to get it back.
hero - chinese action movie that's breathtaking visually. just a completely gorgeous film.
moolaade - about a village that practices female genital mutilation, and the women trying to stop the practice.
parasite - you probably already know parasite, but if you don't you need to watch it right now without learning anything else
rrr - the coolest action movie i've seen in a while. i love the anti-british spirit of the whole thing as well.
portrait of a lady on fire - made me cry like a little baby. french period drama that makes some really cool artistic choices
some of these are kind of art films, (though all are really good) and they all require subtitles, but i enlarged the ones that you can just watch as pure entertainment.
edit: they're all entertaining, but the ones i singled out have violence and intrigue and tension and don't necessarily require thinking to enjoy, whereas the others might have 10 minutes of government bureaucrats discussing the logistics of evacuating different areas as part of the godzilla response, or other stuff some people might find boring
only listing non-english films here, because why not
shin godzilla - what if the government tried to stop godzilla but was very bad at it. very bureaucratic, but a good time nonetheless
city of god - one of the best crime movies ever. manages to avoid glorifying the violence while still being super stylish. somewhat tarantino-esque, but not really.
pan's labyrinth - antifa masterpiece. sort of a fairy tale about the francoist spain that has some really cool monsters in it.
bicycle thieves - a classic from post-war italy. the bike a man's livelihood depends on gets it stolen and tries to get it back.
hero - chinese action movie that's breathtaking visually. just a completely gorgeous film.
moolaade - about a village that practices female genital mutilation, and the women trying to stop the practice.
parasite - you probably already know parasite, but if you don't you need to watch it right now without learning anything else
rrr - the coolest action movie i've seen in a while. i love the anti-british spirit of the whole thing as well.
portrait of a lady on fire - made me cry like a little baby. french period drama that makes some really cool artistic choices
some of these are kind of art films, (though all are really good) and they all require subtitles, but i enlarged the ones that you can just watch as pure entertainment.
edit: they're all entertaining, but the ones i singled out have violence and intrigue and tension and don't necessarily require thinking to enjoy, whereas the others might have 10 minutes of government bureaucrats discussing the logistics of evacuating different areas as part of the godzilla response, or other stuff some people might find boring